Bag-holder.



No. 702,685. Patentad lune l7, I902.

J. P. ADAMS.

BAG HOLDER.

(Appliqation filed Dec. 23, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

JOSEPH PARSONS ADAMS, OF' GARFIELD, WASHINGTON.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,685, dated June 17,1902.

Application filed Decemher 23, 1901'. Serial No. 86,910. (No model.) i iTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,JosnPH PARSONS ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at arfield, in the county of Whitman and State of Washington,have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, ofwhich the following is aspecification.

.This invention relates to bag-holders, and has for its object toprovide improved means for holding the mouth of a bag'open and incommunication with the dischargeend of a chute or hopper, so as to beconveniently filled therefrom. It is furthermore designed to have thedevice arranged so as to be conveniently applied to any ordinary chuteor hopper without altering or changing the same and also arranged forconvenient manipulation, so as to readily fasten andrelease a bag withrespect to the chute or hopper.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown inthe accompanying drawings,and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the ad-- vantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing the presentinvention applied to a chute or hopper. Fig.2 is a vertical.

cross-sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of themeans for manipulating the bag-impaling pins of the bag holder.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts' in all thefigures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

any preferred shape or form, as they have into the adjacent side of thehopper. lower edge of the plate there is provided an'longitudinally-alined perforations 8.

been shown in the drawings to adequately illustrate the application andoperation of the present form of bag-holder.

In carrying out the invention I employ two substantially duplicatemembers secured to opposite sides of the chute or hopper and eachcomprising a metallic plate 5, which is secured to the hopper by meansof suitable fastenings 6, driven through the plate and At theoutwardly-directed substantially horizontal flange 7, whicheXtends'fort-he entire length of the plate and is provided with a pairof upper edge of the plate there is provided a pair ofoutwardly-directed ears or projections 9, each of which is provided witha perforation 10, that is alined with the corresponding perforation 3 inthe flange 7. There are also provided intermediate outwardly -directedears or projections 11, which lie in vertical alinement with the upperears and are provided with perforations 12. The intermediate ears arepreferably struck from the metallic plate and the flange 7, and theupper ears are also struck or bent therefrom. At

the upper rear corner of the plate there is provided an upwardly orrearwa'rdly inclined extension or arm 13.

Working in .the corresponding perforate earsal'e the respectivevertically-disposed pins'14c, the lower pointed ends of which arereceived in the perforations in the-flange 7, and their upper ends areconnected bya crossbar 15, which normally lies across the tops of theupper ears, and thereby limits the downward movement of the pins andprevents the same from dropping through the guide-ears;

It is preferable 'to form the pins and crossbar integral by bending orotherwise forming the same into an inverted substantially U shape.

For raising and lowering each pair of pins.

there is provided an angle-lever or bell-crank lever 16, which isfulcrumed intermediately At the upon the outer upper end of the adjacentarm 13 and has the forward end of its lower or sub.- stantiallyhorizontal member 17 connected to the intermediate portion. of the headof the impaling-pin, so that by rocking the lever vertically the pin maybe elevated, so as to draw I the opposite points thereof upwardly abovethe flange 7. In order that the opposite bellcrank levers maybesimultaneously operated, the upper ends thereof are connected by across-bar 18, forming a handle for convenience in rocking the levers. heupper ends of the arms 13 are connected and braced bya cross-bar 19.

In using the device the upper ends of the levers are rocked downwardlyby the manipulation of the handle 18, thereby to raise the points of theimpaling-pins above the respective flanges '7, so as to permit of themouth of a bag being placed about the lower end of the chute or hopperand drawn across the upper sides of the flanges, as plainly shown by thedotted lines in Fig. 1 and by full lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings,after which the handle is raised so as to thrust the impaling-pinsdownwardly and through the upper edge portion of the bag, which isengaged over the flanges, thereby securing the bag tothe bottom of thechute or hopper in a convenient and effective manner. After the bag hasbeen filled'the handle is drawn downwardly, so as to raise the pins outof engagement with the bag, and thereby free the latter from the holder.

From the foregoing description it is apparcut that the present devicemay be applied without altering or changing the chute or hopper in anymanner whatsoever and may be conveniently manipulated to fasten andrelease a bag without exposing the operators hands to injury.

Although it has been hereinbefore set forth that the flange 7, the ears9 and 11, and the arm 13 are struck from the metal plate 5, it will ofcourse be understood that these parts may be cast therewith instead ofbeing struck from a blank of sheet metal.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A bag-holder, comprising a chute,outwardly-directed bag-engaging flanges carried externally by oppositesides of the chute and provided with perforations,vertically-reciprocatory bag-engaging impaling-pins mounted upon thechute and working through the perforations in the flanges, and means forraising and lowering the pins.

2. A bag-holder, comprising a chute, outwardly-directed perforateflanges carried externally by opposite sides of the chute, bagimpalingpins mounted upon the chute and working through the perforations, andmeans mounted upon the chute for simultaneously raising and lowering thepins to project the same through and withdraw them from the perforationsof the flanges.

A bag-holder, comprising opposite outwardly-directed perforate flanges,verticallyreciprocatory bag impaling pins working through theperforations, opposite upstanding bell-crank levers connected to thepins, and a handle connecting the bell-crank levers for simultaneousmanipulation.

4. A bag-holder, comprising opposite members having outwardly directedperforate flanges, and perforate guides located above and in Verticalalinement With the perforations in the flanges, correspondinglaterallyprojected arms carried by the members, vertically-reciprocatorybag-impaling pins working in the respective guides and perforations ofthe flanges, levers fulcrumed intermediately upon the arms and connectedto the adjacent pins, and a handle connecting the outer end portions ofthe levers for simultaneous manipulation.

5. The combination with a chute or hopper, of oppositeoutwardly-directed perforate bagengaging flanges carried by thedischarge end thereof, vertically-reciprocatory bag-impaling pinsworking through the perforations of the flanges,intermediately-fulcrumed levers connected to the pins, and a handleconnecting the levers for simultaneous operation.

6. The combination with a chute or hopper, ofabag-holder comprisingplates secured to opposite sides of the chute or hopper and having loweroutwardly-directed perforate flanges, perforate guide-ears projectedlaterally outward from the plates and alined with the perforations inthe flan ges,lateral arms projected from the upper portions of theplates, bellcrank levers fulcrumed upon the respective arms, a handleconnecting the bell-crank levers for simultaneous manipulation, andbagimpaling pins working in the perforations in the flanges and theguides and also connected to the respective levers.

7. Abag-holder, comprising opposite plates having outwardly-directedperforate flanges at their lower edges, outwardly-directed perforateguide-ears struck from the plates and alined with the perforations inthe flanges, corresponding integral arms projected from the upperportions of the plates and lying in the planes thereof, a cross-barconnecting the arms, inverted substantially U-shaped impaling-pinsworking in the guides and the perforations of the respective plates,bellcrank levers fnlcrumed upon the respective arms and connected to theheads of the respective impaling-pins, and a cross-bar handle connectingthe upper ends of the lovers for simultaneous manipulation.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH PARSONS ADAMS.

WVitnesses:

A. P. JOHNSON, \V. J. VERNON.

